cark

Definitions

1. 1.A noxious or corroding care; solicitude; worry. [Archaic.] His heavy head, devoid of careful cark. Spenser. Fling cark and care aside. Motherwell. Ereedom from the cares of money and the cark of fashion. R. D. Blackmore.
2. 2.To be careful, anxious, solicitous, or troubles in mind; to worry or grieve. [R.] Beau. & fl.
3. 3.To vex; to worry; to make by anxious care or worry. [R.] Nor can a man, independently . . . of God's blessing, care and cark himself one penny richer. South.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to be careful, anxious, solicitous, or troubles in mind; to worry or grieve. [R.] Beau. & fl called?
• What is to vex; to worry; to make by anxious care or worry. [R.] Nor can a man, independently . . . of God's blessing, care and cark himself one penny richer. South called?